News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Ashley Gross, 26, - of Peaks Island, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. Gross pleaded guilty on March 11, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that M.D. BASCIANI AND SONS, INC., a corporation domiciled in Pennsylvania, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information charging the company with harboring illegal aliens at the Red Hill Mushroom Farm in Independence, Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ Two Mexican nationals and a local resident have been handed significant sentences as a result of their convictions for conspiracy to commit hostage taking, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Julio Vargas-Hernandez, 39, and Gustavo Morales-Manriquez, 32, pleaded guilty April 17, 2014, while Osiris Bulos-Gonzalez, 23, entered his plea on Oct. 29, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that United States District Court Judge Stanley A. Bastian sentenced Delbert Loren Wheeler, age 56, of White Swan, Washington, to a one-year term of probation as an alternative to imprisonment for using...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: This week, National Park Service (NPS) launched the Kentucky National Park Pentathlon, inviting those who visit all five NPS sites in the state to earn a special free commemorative patch. The Pentathlon is in recognition of the NPS 2016 Centennial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JOHN D’AURIA, 41, of East Haven, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of wire fraud stemming from his operation of an investment scheme that defrauded investors of approximately $2.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Paul Robinson, 33, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 121 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for distributing cocaine base, also known...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: EAGLE, Alaska: The lightning-ignited Weshrinarin Creek Fire was reported by an aircraft flying over the area on Monday, July 13. Fire managers conducted an aerial reconnaissance flight later that day and reported the perimeter of the 30 acre fire as 30% active. There are no threats to structures at this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Three individuals were sentenced in federal court today for oxycodone trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAYMOND J. MARTIN, 48, of Easton, was arrested today in connection with a federal steroid and prescription narcotic distribution investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Gregory Dean Gotchie, age 36, of Caledonia County, Vermont, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Brattleboro to 87 months in jail, for failing to register as a sex offender, and for violating federal conditions of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: LITTLE ROCK - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Cindy Johnson, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations New Orleans, announced today the arrest of Spencer Goudy, 22, of Heber Springs, and the unsealing of an indictment against Goudy charging him with multiple counts related to the sexual exploitation of minors.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the White House issued a statement of administration policy on H.R. 2898, the Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015, which the Committee passed last Thursday with a bipartisan vote of 23-12. The legislation is scheduled for consideration in the House this week. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) commented.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Come join us on Saturday July 25, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. for Washita's Summer Movies in the Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CALRISSIAN SMITH, also known as “Cali," 33, of Waterbury, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in the armed robbery of an undercover ATF special agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Matthew R. Brown, a 34-year-old Scotland, Pennsylvania resident was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane to 84 months’ imprisonment for distribution of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Ponce Prosecuted Pursuant to Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - Michael Elcox, 43, of Ghent, New York, was sentenced to 37 months in prison by United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, and Shantelle P.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Please join Washita Battlefield National Historic Site in welcoming David Pettyjohn, Executive Director of Preservation Oklahoma, Inc. (POK), on Sunday, July 26, as part of the Summer lecture series at 2:00 p.m. in the park's visitor center. Mr. Pettyjohn will answer the key question, "Why is preservation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Over 250 Law Enforcement Agents Participated in the Arrest and.
